Abstract: A device is disclosed that may identify a frame received from an access point. The device may cause to buffer the payload field. The device may determine that a first payload, in a first payload field, corresponds to a multiband link aggregation (MBLA) Ethertype based at least in part on a logical link layer controller (LLC) field and a subnetwork access protocol (SNAP) Ethertype MBLA field in the first payload, wherein the first payload is within the payload field. The device may cause to remove a LLC MBLA header field from the first payload field. The device may cause to buffer a packet in a reordering queue, wherein the packet is in a second payload field that is in the first payload field. The device may order the packet among a plurality of packets in the reordering queue.

Abstract: A Trigger may be carried in a DL MU PPDU to solicit an UL BA. Then, the AP sends out the following transmission in SIFS time based on the UL BA information. There are numerous situations however where the AP should process the information transmitted (in UL) by multiple STAs and respond to them within the SIFS time. Some AP implementations (in particular the ones that do not use massive hardware (VLSI) accelerators) may not be able to finish the process within the SIFS time due to a very long PHY (Physical Layer) transmission decoding time (e.g., 802.11ax is 16 uS symbols vs 4 uS in legacy IEEE 802.11) and long PHY and MAC information possessing.

Abstract: Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for uplink sounding are generally described herein. The AP may transmit an uplink (UL) sounding trigger frame (TF) that indicates a request to receive UL sounding elements from a group of one or more stations (STAs). The AP may receive UL sounding elements from the STAs in accordance with UL multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) reception. The AP may also receive, from at least a portion of the STAs, UL sounding feedback that includes one or more UL sounding transmission parameters used by the portion of the STAs for UL sounding element transmissions. The UL sounding TF may further indicate the portion of the STAs that are to transmit the UL sounding feedback.

Abstract: A wireless station (STA) for operation in a wireless network communicates over a first band and a second band, where operation of the first band includes operation of a first set of band-specific medium access control processing and physical-layer circuitry of the STA, and wherein operation of the second band includes operation of a second set of band-specific medium access control processing and physical-layer circuitry of the STA. The STA implements a power-save policy for the STA to coordinate power-save operations between the first band and the second band, where the power-save policy calls for a change in operational parameters of at least the second band. The STA generates a power-save request message for transmission to a remote device over the first band wherein a power-save request message indicates the change in operational parameters for the second band according to the power-save policy.

Abstract: Embodiments of a controller device and method for channel contention in a wireless network are generally described herein. The controller device may determine if a collision would occur for expected signal transmissions of a group of virtual devices, which may include one or more virtual access points (VAPs) and/or virtual stations (VSTAs). The determination of the collision may be based on transmission times and/or back-off intervals of the virtual devices. The controller device may transmit collision control messages to indicate whether colliding virtual devices are to delay signal transmissions. The VAPs may be configured to communicate with the VSTAs as access point (AP) instantiations. The VAPs may be configured to use different service set identifiers (SSIDs) and/or media access control (MAC) addresses in such communication.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of controlling access to location sources. For example, a device may include a location caching controller to store cached location information in a cache based on location information retrieved from two or more location sources, to receive at least one location request from at least one application, to select between retrieving requested location information from at least one of the location sources and retrieving the requested location information from the cache, and to provide to the application a location response including the requested location information.

Abstract: A transmission method based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO). The method includes transmitting, by a plurality of Virtual Access Points (VAPs), respective acknowledgement requests to stations, wherein at least two of the stations are associated with different VAPs of the plurality of VAPs; and transmitting, by the stations to the VAPs, respective block acknowledgements.

Abstract: Computer readable media, methods, and apparatus for resource block identification (RBIDs) for neighbor station resource requests are disclosed. An apparatus of a station is disclosed. The apparatus may include a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry may be configured to decode a neighbor report comprising one or more RBIDs from a first access point. Each RBID may indicate a frequency resource allocation to transmit one bit of information to a second access point. The processing circuitry may be further configured to respond to decoding a poll trigger from the second access point, by encoding a response to the poll trigger in accordance with the corresponding frequency resource allocation indicated by one of the one or more RBIDs. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the station to transmit the response to the second access point in accordance orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA).

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for primary channel selection by a first access point type communication device (AP) of a group of APs, the method comprising: detecting, by the first AP, a central frequency location and a bandwidth of a primary channel selected by at least one second AP of the group of APs; selecting, by the first AP, a central frequency location and a bandwidth of a primary channel for the first AP, wherein the selection of the central frequency location and bandwidth of the primary channel for the first AP is based on the detected central frequency location and bandwidth of the primary channel for the at least one second AP.

Abstract: An apparatus for implementing power control for a radio device that has multiple radio transceivers operating in different bands, including sub-bands of a single frequency band. The device implements a power control protocol for communications between the device and a similar peer device. The device sets-up the power control protocol by generating a request to use one of the multiple bands to signal power control operations, and to use another one of the multiple bands to transfer data between the device and the peer device. The device sends the request to the peer device and receives a response. Based on the response, the device identifies a control channel band and a data channel band from among the multiple bands.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to link aggregation between devices. A device may encode a multi-band element for transmission using a first interface of one or more interfaces to a first device. The device may cause to send a first link aggregation setup request to the first device including at least in part the multi-band element. The device may identify a first link aggregation setup response from the first device. The device may cause to establish a multi-band link aggregation session with the first device using the first interface.

Abstract: A communication system comprises a transmission controller configured to send transmissions to one or more transceivers; a device performance analyzer configured to receive feedback about the reception of transmissions at said transceivers, and to analyze such feedback to estimate the quality of communication with an existing ATW and to output a quality information; an ATW performance analyzer configured to receive the quality information of the device performance analyzer and to perform further analysis to estimate whether the ATW should be retained as in current operation or modified based on feedback received from said transceivers and to output an estimate information; or ATW feedback analyzer configured to receive feedback about the ATW from said other transceivers, and to estimate based on such feedback whether the ATW should be retained as in current operation or modified based on feedback received from said transceivers; and an ATW estimator configured to receive the estimate information of the ATW pe

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to link aggregation between devices. A device may determine a first frequency band and a second frequency band for sending data to a second device in a multiband link aggregation session. The device may cause to send, in an initial state, a setup request frame to the second device for establishing the multiband link aggregation session. The device may receive, in a setup completion state, a setup response frame from the second device to establish the multiband link aggregation session. The device may cause to send, in an operating mode established state, the data to the second device over the first frequency band and/or the second frequency band in the multiband link aggregation session.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to link aggregation between devices. A device may identify multi-band capabilities associated with a first device. The device may determine the frequency band of the first device based at least in part on the multi-band capabilities. The device may initiate multi-band link aggregation on one or more interfaces, wherein a first interface of the one or more interfaces is associated with the first device. The device may cause to establish a connection with a second device using a second interface of the one or more interfaces.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to link aggregation between devices. A device may encode a multi-band element for transmission using a first interface of one or more interfaces to a first device. The device may cause to send a first link aggregation setup request to the first device including at least in part the multi-band element. The device may identify a first link aggregation setup response from the first device. The device may cause to establish a multi-band link aggregation session with the first device using the first interface.

Abstract: Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for multicast negative acknowledgements using high-energy long-training fields for feedback are disclosed. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus includes memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory where the processing circuitry configured to: encode one or more packets in accordance with multicast or broadcast, cause to be transmitted the one or more packets to one or more stations, and decode feedback from the one or more stations. The feedback may be received simultaneously on a same resource block for each packet of the one or more packets. Each packet may be represented by one resource block of the one or more resource blocks. The resource blocks may be thirty-six resource blocks per 20 MHz subchannel with nine resource blocks in a frequency domain by four spatial streams.

Abstract: System and techniques for multi-phase wireless sounding are described herein. A first set of stations may be selected by an access point from a plurality of stations known to the access point. The access point may then transmit a first sounding request to members of the first set of stations. The access point may receive a sounding report in response to the first sounding request from members of the first set of stations. The access point may then select a second set of stations from the plurality of stations based on the sounding report. This second set of stations is a proper subset of the first set of stations. The access point may then transmit a second sounding request to the second set of stations.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media are disclosed for fragmentation of media access control service data units (MSDU) in a high-efficiency wireless local-area network. An apparatus of a access point or station comprising memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory is disclosed. The processing circuitry is configured to fragment a media access control (MAC) service data unit (MSDU) into two or more MSDU fragments, and encapsulate the two or more MSDU fragments into two or more aggregated MSDUs (A-MSDUs); one or more A-MSDUs and one or more MAC protocol data units (MPDUs); or, two or more MPDUs. The processing circuitry may be further configured to encode a delimiter in front of a first fragment of the two or more MSDU fragments, where the delimiter indicates a length of the two or more MSDU fragments, and to encode each MPDU to comprise a sequence number.

Abstract: Computer readable media, methods, and apparatuses for flow control with acknowledgment feedback. An apparatus of a wireless device comprising: memory; and processing circuitry coupled to the memory is disclosed. The processing circuity may be configured to determine based on buffer capacity parameters of a station and a receive buffer state of the station at least one of a size, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), a bandwidth of a subchannel, or a number of spatial streams (NSS) for a frame. The processing circuitry may be further configured to encode the frame based on the size, the MCS, the bandwidth of the subchannel, and the NSS. The processing circuitry may be further configured to configure the wireless device to transmit the frame in accordance with the size, the MCS, the bandwidth of the subchannel, the NSS, and one or both of orthogonal frequency division multiple-access (OFDMA) or multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO).

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of time preservation. For example, an apparatus may include a time controller to preserve a time of a clock of a mobile device based on signals received by the mobile device from less than four location origin transmitters, the time controller is to determine the time based on a position of a location origin transmitter of the less than four location origin transmitters and one or more parameters relating to a transmission path between the location origin transmitter and the mobile device.